Belt-fastener.



C. S. EATON.

BELT PASTENER.

APPLIQATIOR FILED we. as, 1912.

1,1061790. Patented Aug.11,19141.

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1,106,790. Specification of Letters Patent.

filed August as, 1912 serial No.

these legs the head is providedwith flat sides 24 and P rnassus-11 4- Application 717,416. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA S. EATON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

o the openings 11 in the plate 10.

he openings late before they are drlven through the bell plate and of the that the on the under side to secure the ends of the belt tothe rivets being clenched of the belt gether.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide} in the plate openings of such shape may be circular, or the head of the rivet, as shown in the drawing, may be elliptical instead of circular; and where the term flat side has been used, it is not to be understood that each flat side lies in a single plane, as it may be slightly curved.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1. In a device of the openings and transversely of the belt. appear from the hereinafter he novel features of the be understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

.eferring to the drawing, in which the same reference character indicates the same part inthe several views: Figure l is a plan view showing the meeting ends of the belt connected by the invention will posing sides and rounded opposing sides, a rivet for each opening, said rivets having bifurcated ends, flat opposing sides and opposing rounded sides to closely fit the openings in said plate. 2. In a device of the class described, a belt aving meeting ends, a plate extending over meeting ends and provided with openings therein having flat opposing sides and rounded opposing sides, the distance be tween the flat sides being less than the distance between the rounded sides, bifurcated the openings in the plate. Fig. 2 is a side elevation on an en larged scale of one of the rivets. Fig. 3 is another view looking at right angles to Fig.

Fig. i is a cross section on line 4 of Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is another cross sectional view on line 5 of Figs. 2 and 3.

teferring to the drawing the parts marked A and B represent the two ends of the belt, 10 the plate and 20 the rivets by which the said two ends are joined together. The plate is provided with a series of openings 11, said openings being provided with opposite flat sides 12 and opposite rounded sides 13, the distance between the sides 12 being preferably less than the distance between the rounded sides or ends 13. rivet is provided'with a beveled head 21 and the shank 22. The shank is bifurcated to 23. The outer surface of rivets will lie transversely a device of the class described, a plate having openings therein, provided with opposing fiat sides and opposing rounded sides, the distance between the at sides being less than the distance between the rounded sides, a rivet for each opening hav ing bifurcated prongs, the shank of the rivet having opposing 'at sides and opposing rounded sides, the ends of the prongs of the rivet being adapted to be inserted in the closely fitting the openlngs.

2 said openings and held against the flat sides my hand at the borough of Manhattan, city of the same, the said flat sides of the openand State of New York' this 26th day of ing and the rivet being so located that the August, 1912.

ron s of the rivet will stand transversely CLARA S. EATON.

of the belt the solid portions of the shank In presenceof H. N. DIKEMAN,

In witness whereof I have hereunto set J OHN J. RANAGAN.

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